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University of Southern Maine
Libraries & Learning

Transfer Students

Assist new students in acclimating to USM Libraries and services offered.

Article Search

Academic Search Complete is a good general database.

Begin on the USM Library homepage.

Click Database then A then Academic Search Complete

Click on Academic Serch Complete

For example, search for Mindfulness in Academic Search Complete

Search for the term Mindfulness in Academic Search Complete

With over 15,000 articles, you'll need to refine the results in the left column.
This refining brings the number down to 7,000+.

Refining results in Academic Search Complete

Narrow the 7,000+ results by adding a search term with AND.
Use quotes when you want a specific term.
Results drop to 400+. A lot, but you can refine further.
Mindfulness and college students search in Academic Search Complete
 

 

 

Skim the results for useful articles.

Sample article from list of results in Academic Search complete

Sample first page and helpful tools.

Sample article first page and tools in Academic Search Complete

Searching Academic Search Complete Database

Comparing Scholarly, Trade, & Popular Articles

Scholarly or
Peer-Reviewed
Journal

Trade or Professional
Magazines or
Newspapers    		Popular Magazines
or Newspapers